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We're the center of the universe! : science's biggest mistakes about astronomy and physics / Christine Zuchora-Walske.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zuchora-Walske, Christine, author.
- Series:
- Zuchora-Walske, Christine. Science gets it wrong.
- Science gets it wrong
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy--Juvenile literature.
- Astronomy.
- Cosmology--Juvenile literature.
- Cosmology.
- Physics--Juvenile literature.
- Physics.
- Errors, Scientific--Juvenile literature.
- Errors, Scientific.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Did you know that hundreds of years ago, the sun orbited Earth? Actually, this isn't true, but people thought it was! Discover other missteps and odd theories in physics and astronomy."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- We're the center of the universe!
- Those goofy wandering stars
- Hot times on planet sun
- Beware the Martian hordes!
- Poor little Pluto
- Our lives are written in the stars
- As earth moves, the oceans slosh
- Don't get hit by a comet!
- Smackdown! golf ball vs. bowling ball
- Everything is made of earth, air, fire, and water
- No matter? no light
- The unchanging universe.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5415-0868-8
- 1-5124-7545-9
- 1-4677-4739-4
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